Evening Wire: Vance Targets Ohio Fraud & Hantavirus Cruise Ship Nightmare | 5.6.26
5/6/202612 min
Trump pauses ‘Project Freedom’ during peace talks with Iran, JD Vance sics the fraud task force on Ohio following a Daily Wire report, and the Hantavirus cruise ship nightmare continues. Get the facts first with Evening Wire.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
Colorado is trying to silence free speech again. A state law forces businesses to use customers' preferred pronouns even if they're biologically inaccurate. With the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian bookstore and a sports apparel company are challenging the law, but a court recently ruled against them. They appealed the ruling, and with ADF's help, they'll keep fighting another attempt by Colorado to skirt the First Amendment. Learn more about how you can support free speech by texting WIRE to 83848 or going to joinadf.com/wire.
Georgia Howe· Host0:29
[upbeat music] President Trump pauses Project Freedom during peace talks with Iran. JD Vance sics the fraud task force on Ohio following a Daily Wire report. And the Hantavirus cruise ship nightmare continues. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Wednesday, May 6th, and this is Evening Wire.
John Bickley· Host0:52
President Trump said this morning that if Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, the conflict will be over. If not, he said, quote, "It will be sadly at a much higher level and intensity than it was before." Daily Wire foreign affairs reporter Cassie Akiva has the latest.
Cassie Akiva1:07
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz would be temporarily paused as negotiators work towards a possible agreement with Iran, though the blockade itself remains fully in effect, which led to US forces firing on an Iranian tanker accused of violating the blockade in the Gulf of Oman. After the crew allegedly refused repeated warnings,